The Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences (EECS) major is housed in the College of Engineering and culminates in a Bachelor's of Science degree. The EECS program requires a greater number of math and science courses than the CS program in the College of Letters and Science. Students interested in this major should apply directly to the EECS major on the UC Berkeley Application for Admission. Admitted freshman are admitted directly into the EECS major and spend all four years in the program.

Freshmen applicants may also consider applying to the College of Engineering as Engineering Undeclared. This path allows engineering undeclared students who maintain a minimum of 2.0 GPA easy transfer at the junior year to any major in the College of Engineering major.

Junior transfer applicants interested in EECS must apply directly to the EECS major in the College of Engineering. Applicants from California community colleges should use
www.assist.org
to determine prerequisites for admission to the major.

The Computer Science (CS) major is housed in the College of Letters and Science and culminates in a Bachelor's of Arts degree. The CS program requires a greater number of non-technical, or breadth courses, than the EECS program.

Freshman applicants interested in the Computer Science major can apply to the College of Letters and Science indicating their intended major as CS. All admitted freshmen are encouraged to satisfy major prerequisites for any major, along with breadth requirements during their first two years at Berkeley. Undeclared students should "declare" their majors by the end of their sophomore year or during the first semester of their junior year.

Junior transfer students interested in CS should apply to the College of Letters and Science (L&S) as computer science majors. Students are admitted to the College of Letters and Science, not the major. Once enrolled at Berkeley, students are able to declare a major during the first semester of their junior year. Admitted transfer students in L&S are encouraged to "declare" their major at the end of their first semester at UCB. Junior transfer applicants should use www.assist.org to determine the courses necessary for transferring to UC Berkeley.

Not sure which program is for you?

If you have an interest in humanities and social sciences, then the BA program might be a good choice. There is greater opportunity to take courses in economics, statistics, business applications, and computer science, during your undergraduate years. If you consider yourself to be more of a technical person, or have more of an interest in sciences and math, the BS program may be better suited for you.
In addition, EECS is better suited for students more interested in EE. With the recent revision of the CS program curriculum, the major programs are nearly identical at the CS level.